What scholars say about SRI CAITANYA-CARITAMRITA

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EXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS Of SRI CAITANYA-CARITAMRITA

 

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mentions. Our apologies for any outdated information. (Corrections

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EXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS Of SRI CAITANYA-CARITAMRITA

"It is a remarkable document of great historical and sociological

importance, giving a picturesque presentation of the socio-religious

climate in the India of Sri Caitanya's times and the far-reaching

social and religious changes wrought by him. As a literary piece, it

is regarded as a work of great merit, having no parallel in the

whole of Bengali literature. As a religious text, its sanctity is

comparable to that of the Bhagavad-gita

 

"This English edition translated by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Prabhupada is superb. It contains the original Sanskrit and Bengali

verses with their English transliteration, synonyms and elaborate

purports, easily bearing testimony to the author's profound

knowledge of the subject."

 

--Dr. O.B.L. Kapoor

Emeritus Chairman and Profess

Department of Philosophy

Government Postgraduate College

Gyanpur, India

 

 

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"I am most happy to have these handsomely printed volumes which

embody the work of so learned and sincere a believer in the message

of the Caritamrita."

 

--Dr. Daniel H.H. Ingalls

Chairman, Department of Sanskrit

and Indian Studies

Harvard University

 

 

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"I can recommend Sri Caitanya-caritamrita as a source of rich

insights for every serious student of consciousness."

 

--Dr. Rory O'Day

Department of Human Relations

University of Waterloo

Ontario, Canada

 

 

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"It is a genuine joy to have this momentous biographical work on the

life of Bengal's great saint Caitanya, prepared by his best-known

modern interpreter, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada."

 

--Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer

Associate Professor of Ethics

and the Phenomenology of Religions

Graduate Theological Union

Berkeley, California

 

 

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"Year by year, interest in Eastern religious thought and philosophy

grows in America. The editing and translating of the important Sri

Caitanya-caritamrita will make a substantial contribution to those

who seek information about Indian concepts."

 

--Dr. Gerald A. Larue

Professor of Religion

University of Southern California

 

 

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"The appearance of an English translation of Krsnadasa Kaviraja

Gosvami's Sri Caitanya-caritamrita by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is a

cause for celebration among both scholars in Indian studies and lay-

people seeking to enrich their knowledge of Indian spirituality. . .

It will fill a most serious lacuna in our libraries and in our

courses on the religious traditions of India. . . .

 

"For the first time we possess a readily accessible edition for this

great religious classic that will provide opportunity for scholars

in Indian literature and followers of the Krsna cnsciousness

tradition alike to compare the original text with a modern English

translation and become acquainted with the deeper spiritual meaning

of this work through the learned commentary of Sri

Bhaktivedanta. . . .

 

"Anyone who gives a close reading to the commentary will sense that

here, as in his other works, Sri Bhaktivedanta has combined a

healthy mixture of the fervent devotion and aesthetic sensitivity of

the devotee and the intellectual rigor of a textual scholar. At no

point does the author allow the intended meaning of the text to be

eclipsed by the promotion of a particular doctrinal

persuasion. . . .

 

"These exquisitely wrought volumes will be a welcome addition to the

libraries of all persons who are committed to the study of Indian

spirituality and religious literature, whether their interests are

sparked by the motivations of the scholar, the devotee or the

general reader."

 

--Dr. J. Bruce Long

Department of Asian Studies

Cornell University

 

 

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